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Sarah Ann Saunders 1822–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1822

Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 21 Mar 1900

Death Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Father: william merge

Mother: Julia Croft

Spouse(s): Edward Gentle, James Rawlings

Children(s): Charles Gentle, Josiah Gentle, Lucy Gentle, Ellen Rawlings, Georgina Rawlings, Mary Rawlings, Sarah Rawlings, Harriet Rawlings

The story of Sarah Ann Saunders began in 1822 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. In 1851, Sarah Ann Saunders resided in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. Sarah Ann Saunders married Edward Charles Gentle, James Rawlings, and had children including Charles Josiah Gentle, Ellen Rawlings, Georgina Rawlings, Harriet Rawlings, Josiah William Gentle, Lucy Gentle, Mary Harriett Ellen Rawlings, Sarah Ann Rawlings. Sarah Ann Saunders passed away in 1900 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah Ann Saunders began in 1822 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England.
  • In 1851, Sarah Ann Saunders resided in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Sarah Ann Saunders married Edward Charles Gentle, James Rawlings, and had children including Charles Josiah Gentle, Ellen Rawlings, Georgina Rawlings, Harriet Rawlings, Josiah William Gentle, Lucy Gentle, Mary Harriett Ellen Rawlings, Sarah Ann Rawlings.
  • Sarah Ann Saunders passed away in 1900 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

william merge
1796–1866
Birth Location: Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, England
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Julia Croft
1798–1841
Birth Location: Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
JC

Spouses(s)

Edward Gentle
1824–1847
Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
EG
James Rawlings
1820–1907
Birth Location: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
JR

Children(s)

Charles Gentle
1845–1920
Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
CG
Josiah Gentle
1847–1912
Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
JG
Lucy Gentle
1842–1909
Birth Location: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
LG
Ellen Rawlings
1851–
Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, Biggleswade district, England
ER
Georgina Rawlings
1852–1946
Birth Location: At sea on voyage to Australia
GR
Mary Rawlings
1859–1953
Birth Location: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
MR
Sarah Rawlings
1858–1918
Birth Location: Manchester, Lancashire, England
SR
Harriet Rawlings
1863–1892
Birth Location: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
HR

Sarah Saunders's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Saunders
1822–1900
Birth Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
william Saunders merge
1796–1866
Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, England
Julia Croft
1798–1841
Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Saunders
1771–1801
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Susannah Stanton
1776–1864
Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Saunders
1740–1804
Mary Nichols
1746–1798
Francis Stanton
1737–1805
Elizabeth (Blee)
1735–1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Saunders
1700–
Honour Down
1719–1776
Edmund Stanton
1708–1781
Eleanora 8
1712–1765
Thomas Blee
1707–1776
Elizabetha Squire
1714–1747

Sarah Saunders's Descendants

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Sarah (Ann) Saunders (1822–21 Mar 1900) m. Edward (Charles) Gentle (28 July 1824–Jun 1847) m. James Rawlings (15 Oct 1820–28 Mar 1907)
  1. 1. Charles (Josiah) Gentle 1845–1920 m. Sarah (Ann) Jones 1844–1886 m. Dinah (Helen) Foster 1850–1923 m. Mary (Ann McLeod) Wainwright 1839–1923
    1. 1. Charles (Alfred Gentle) Jnr 1869–1948 m. Rachel Hubbard 1884–1920 m. Eva (Maude) HARRISON 1875–1902
      1. 1. Ruby (Violet) Gentle 1913–1991 m. James (Luke) Johnston 1912–1985
        1. 1. James Johnston 1936–2020 m. Robyn (Evelyn Dawn) Musgrave 1940–1985
      2. 2. Maud (A) Gentle 1908–2000 m. Leslie (Edward) Jones 1907–1986
      3. 3. Doris (Elizabeth) Gentle 1905–1962 m. Charles (Minikin) Burrell 1905–1977
        1. 1. Charles (William) Burrell 1928–2011 m. Lucy (May Dorothy) Thompson 1930–2017
      4. 4. Annie (Enid) Gentle 1911–1914
      5. 5. Charles (H T) Gentle 1916–1916
      6. 6. Edith (Myrtle) Rigby 1907–2001 m. Harold (Boyce) Rigby 1908–1974
      7. 7. Eunice (Beatrice) Gentle 1918– m. Christopher (James) Evers 1915–2005
    2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Gentle 1886–1951 m. Edward Beck 1896–1964 m. Daniel (Charles) Wilkie 1884–1919
      1. 1. Joyce (Peggy) Beck 1926–1979
      2. 2. Doris (May) Wilkie 1907–1989
      3. 3. Stella (Irene) Wilkie 1910–1977
      4. 4. Daniel (Charles) Wilkie 1912–1986
    3. 3. Edward (James) Gentle 1871–1897
    4. 4. Henry (Thomas "Lal" Gentle) 2 1872–1951 m. Amy (Elizabeth) Sargent 1874–1957
      1. 1. Violet (Mabel) Gentle 1899–1977 m. William West-Stickells 1893–1971
      2. 2. Raymond (Lindsay) Gentle 1916–2006 m. Edith (Jessie Mason Baldy) Wilkinson 1919–2007
      3. 3. Harry ((Henry) Walter Charles) Gentle 1901–1989 m. Mary (Isabella) Proctor 1908–2002
      4. 4. Elsie (Rose) Gentle 1905–1994 m. George Weir 1903–1956
        1. 1. Ronald (George) Weir 1931–1986 m. Stella (Margaret) Dickens 1930–2015
      5. 5. Walter (Reginald 2) Gentle 1908–1997 m. Lillian (Ethel) Pistola 1915–1995
      6. 6. Gordon (Milton Royce) Gentle 1914–1981 m. Valerie (Olive) Law 1916–1967
        1. 1. Alan (Edward) Law –1990
        2. 2. Alan (Edward) Law –1990
      7. 7. Sylvia (Amy) Gentle 1910–1983 m. Charles (John) Martin 1908–1973
      8. 8. Ruby (May Florence) Gentle 1894–1957 m. Charles (Henry "Harry") Smith 1894–1989
        1. 1. Hazel (Thelma) Smith 1921–1972 m. Ronald (Francis Quinn Du) Bedat 1918–1978
        2. 2. Vera (Jean) Smith 1923–1976 m. Kenneth (David) Clarke 1920–1963
    5. 5. Walter (Josiah) Gentle 1874–1944 m. Amelia ('Annie') Nowack 1884–1963
      1. 1. Walter (Julius Nowack) Gentle 1909–1978
      2. 2. Olive (Elsa Maidie) Gentle 1915–1991
      3. 3. ida (annie edna) gentle 1906–1991
    6. 6. Ethel (Annie) Gentle 1877–1932 m. Robert (William) Doherty 1873–1960
      1. 1. William (George) Doherty 1913–1984 m. Jean (Myrtle) Rommell 1913–1998
      2. 2. Ivy (R) Doherty 1908–1999
      3. 3. Alice (Maud) Doherty 1895–1963
      4. 4. Ethel (Irene) Doherty 1897–1965
      5. 5. Pearl (May) Doherty 1899–1975
      6. 6. Robert (William Charles) Doherty 1901–1970
      7. 7. Albert (Edward) Doherty 1903–1985
      8. 8. Alma (Gladys (Peggy)) Doherty 1906–1985
      9. 9. Ivy (Rose) Doherty 1908–1999
      10. 10. Dorothy ((Doris) L) Doherty 1909–1909
      11. 11. Henry (Ernest) Doherty 1911–1988
      12. 12. Leslie (Victor) Doherty 1915–1977
    7. 7. Elsie (Sarah Anne) Gentle 1879–1941 m. Walter (James) Doherty 1875–1948 m. Bernard (Charles) Wingfield 1894–1970
      1. 1. Elsie (Irene) Doherty 1896–1992 m. Harold (Archibald) Bramble 1900–1983
        1. 1. Audrey Bramble 1925–2011 m. stanley fletcher 1920–1998
        2. 2. Iris (Elaine) Bramble 1928–2003 m. Maxwell (Giles) Delahunty 1912–1995
      2. 2. Walter (Charles) Doherty 1902–1946 m. Edna (Doris) Whitwell 1898–1992
      3. 3. Stanley (Victor Doherty) 2 1914–1962 m. Pansy (Ethel) Strand 1914–1962
        1. 1. Maxwell (John) Doherty 1936–2014
      4. 4. Robert (William James) Doherty 1904–1987
      5. 5. Ronald (Frederick) Doherty 1917–2003
      6. 6. Gladys (Mildred) Doherty 1910–1968
      7. 7. Lily (May) Doherty 1898–1979
      8. 8. Maude (Alice) Doherty 1899–1941
      9. 9. Henry (Leslie) Doherty 1907–1908
      10. 10. Hilda (Florence) Doherty 1894–1949 m. Harold (Victor) Lawler 1894–1964
        1. 1. Ronald (Robert) Lawler 1928–2012 m. Norma (May) McCarthy 1923–2010 m. Mavis (Doreen) Saunders 1920–1965
        2. 2. Royce (Vivian) Lawler 1917–1998
        3. 3. Victor (Bruce) Lawler 1916–1954
        4. 4. Walter (Charles) Lawler 1923–2003
        5. 5. Harold (James Hunter) Lawler 1914–1966
        6. 6. Lavinia Lawler 1920–1985
        7. 7. William (Lawrence) Lawler 1915–2000
        8. 8. Mavis (Elizabeth) Lawler 1922–2007
        9. 9. Edward (George) Lawler 1926–2003
      11. 11. Henry (Leslie) Doherty 1900–1902
    8. 8. Alice (Maude Mary) Gentle 1884–1972 m. Charles (Daniel) McFarlane 1881–1960
      1. 1. Alice (Adeline) McFarlane 1906–1971 m. Norman (Benjamin) Jinks 1906–1968
        1. 1. Norma (Alice) Jinks 1931–1987 m. John (Henry) Dawson 1925–1991
        2. 2. Shirley (May) Jinks 1934–2011 m. Neville (Allan) Turpin 1929–1956 m. Kenneth (Thomas Birkby) Holmes 1925–2007
        3. 3. Valmai (Elsie) Jinks 1936–2015 m. Kevin (Eric) Taylor 1931–1971
        4. 4. Leslie (Alan) Jinks 1950–1997
        5. 5. Roy (Benjamin) Jinks 1929–2002
      2. 2. Vera (Maud) McFarlane 1909–1998 m. George Macveigh 1896–1957
      3. 3. Annie (Jean) McFarlane 1911–2007 m. Augustus (Herbert (Bert)) Hood 1886–1976
      4. 4. Mervyn (Charles) McFarlane 1922–1986 m. June (Ellen) Christian 1924–2016
  2. 2. Josiah (William) Gentle 1847–1912 m. Dinah (Helen) Foster 1850–1923
    1. 1. Alice (May) Gentle 1881–1941 m. Robert Montgomery 1876–1963
      1. 1. John (Alexander) Montgomery 1904–1974 m. Dorothy (Tomasi) Dircks 1906–1983
        1. 1. Gloria (Alice Emily) Montgomery 1938–1985 m. Kevin (James (Jim )) Young 1932–2005
        2. 2. John MONTGOMERY 1932–1945
      2. 2. Lily (Victoria May) Montgomery 1901–1996
      3. 3. Alice (Dinah Martha) Montgomery 1910–2003
      4. 4. Laurence (Dudley) Montgomery 1915–2003
    2. 2. Lilian (Dinah) Gentle 1875–1875
    3. 3. Josiah (William) GENTLE 1875–1877
    4. 4. Stanley (Josiah) Gentle 1877–1970
    5. 5. Mercy (Rebecca) GENTLE 1868–1959
    6. 6. Edith (Sarah) Gentle 1869–1959
    7. 7. Eleanor (Amy) Gentle 1871–1954
    8. 8. Emanuel (James (Buzz)) Gentle 1873–1931
    9. 9. Josiah (Jubilee) Gentle 1887–1957
    10. 10. Violet (Maud) Gentle 1879–1962
    11. 11. Percy (Sydney) GENTLE 1889–1890
  3. 3. Lucy Gentle 1842–1909 m. Francis (Morris) Wilson 1840–1904
    1. 1. Francis Wilson 1868–1945 m. Sarah (Wilson) 2 1867–1951
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Francis) Wilson 1895–
      2. 2. Keith (N A) Wilson 1906–
      3. 3. Dulcie (Maude Euphemia) Wilson 1890–1967
      4. 4. Keith (Norman Anderson) Wilson 1906–
      5. 5. Clara (L V M) Wilson 1897–1897
      6. 6. Daphne (Elsie Pearl) Wilson 1904–
      7. 7. Ada (Acie Irene) Wilson 1898–1981
      8. 8. Sylvia (M) Wilson 1910–
      9. 9. Raymond (W) Wilson 1914–
      10. 10. Sarah (Alberta) Wilson 1893–1943
      11. 11. Ellen (I) Wilson 1892–1892
      12. 12. William (Francis Charles) Wilson 1900–1969
      13. 13. Arthur (Ernest Edward) Wilson 1908–1966
      14. 14. Dulcie (Maude Euphemia) Wilson 1890–1967
      15. 15. Clara (L V M) Wilson 1897–1897
      16. 16. Daphne (Elsie Pearl) Wilson 1904–
      17. 17. Keith (Norman Anderson) Wilson 1906–
      18. 18. Ada (Acie Irene) Wilson 1898–1981
      19. 19. Elizabeth (Francis) Wilson 1895–
    2. 2. James Wilson 1861–1933 m. Hellen (Elizabeth) Williams 1866–1918
      1. 1. Claude (Hamilton) Wilson 1890–1929
      2. 2. Alfred (Ernest) Wilson 1894–1964
      3. 3. Francis (Charles) Wilson 1889–1939
      4. 4. Mary (E) WILSON 1885–1885
      5. 5. Florence WILSON 1888–
      6. 6. Eliza (Jane (Biddy)) WILSON 1891–1956
      7. 7. James ((Billy)) WILSON 1886–1951
      8. 8. Lucy (May) WILSON 1898–1965
    3. 3. John (Thomas "Jack") Wilson 1864–1936 m. Mabel (Alice "May") Darwall 1864–1951
      1. 1. Violet (May) Wilson 1889–1889
      2. 2. Elsie (Winifred) Wilson 1892–1949
      3. 3. Olive (Isabella) Wilson 1893–1959
      4. 4. Rebe (Doris) Wilson 1897–1959
      5. 5. Alfred (Ernest) Wilson 1899–1966
      6. 6. Alma (Gertrude) Wilson 1901–1956
      7. 7. Francis (Charles Leicester) Wilson 1895–1895
      8. 8. Emily (Myrtle) Wilson 1903–1964
      9. 9. Mabel (Alice) Wilson 1890–1947
    4. 4. Mary (Ann) Wilson 1866–1936 m. Henry (James) Munt 1870–1920 m. George (Hind) Curll 1886–1953
      1. 1. Alfred (Ernest) Munt 1920–1982
      2. 2. Percy (Stafford George) Munt 1900–1975
      3. 3. Francis (Henry Allen) MUNT 1893–1976
      4. 4. Herbert (James) Munt 1900–1961
      5. 5. lucy (munt, nevard,) simpson, 1890–1961
      6. 6. susie munt 1898–1978
      7. 7. isobel munt –1913
    5. 5. Alfred (Ernest) Wilson 1870–1930
    6. 6. David (George) Wilson 1873–1883
    7. 7. Ellen (Isabella) Wilson 1875–1959
    8. 8. Josiah Wilson 1877–1882
    9. 9. Sarah (Ann Elizabeth) Wilson 1880–1906
    10. 10. Lucy Wilson 1882–1888
    11. 11. Eli (David George) Wilson 1885–1950
  4. 4. Ellen Rawlings 1851–
  5. 5. Georgina Rawlings 1852–1946 m. Joseph (Lancaster) Tansley 1854–1925
    1. 1. Sarah ((Violet) Lillian) Tansley 1881–1960 m. William (John 'Patrick') Warner 1867–1948
      1. 1. Valarie (Sticeley) Warner 1920–2016 m. Lionel (George) Glendenning 1920–2018
        1. 1. David (Robert John) Glendenning 1945–1996
      2. 2. Pamela (Mary (Myfawny)) Warner 1926–1999
      3. 3. Lurline Warner 1923–
      4. 4. Violet (Lillian) Warner 1909–1980
      5. 5. Antony Warner 1919–1920
      6. 6. Elgean (Sheila) Warner 1914–1940
      7. 7. William (Charles) Warner 1911–1911
      8. 8. Joseph (Lancashire) Warner 1911–1911
      9. 9. Ruby (Mary) Warner 1917–1919
      10. 10. Lena (May) Warner 1913–1916
      11. 11. Anthony (Stephen) Warner 1924–1925
      12. 12. Ruby (Mary) Warner 1908–1915
      13. 13. Violet (Lillian Dora) Tansley 1905–1906
      14. 14. Darcy Warner 1930–1976
      15. 15. Elgean (Sheila) Oconnor 1914–1940
  6. 6. Mary (Harriett Ellen) Rawlings 1859–1953 m. Robert (James) Risbey 1856–1900
    1. 1. Lillian (Sarah) Risbey 1882–1953 m. Matthew (John) Mungovan 1878–1941
      1. 1. Esma (Irene) Mungoven 1907–1987 m. Harold (Bernard) Marshall 1906–1969
        1. 1. Raymond (Bernard) Marshall 1927–2016 m. Elaine (Nance) Stockman 1920–2004
      2. 2. Vera (L) Mungoven 1906–
      3. 3. Leonard (Roy) Mungoven 1910–2003
      4. 4. Eric (Frank) Mungoven 1914–2008
      5. 5. Hilda (Mavis) Mungoven 1917–
    2. 2. Alice (M) Risbey 1883–1891
    3. 3. Ivy (Esther) Risbey 1891–1967
    4. 4. Lesley (James R) Risbey 1888–1963
  7. 7. Sarah (Ann) Rawlings 1858–1918 m. James (Thomas) Hewitt 1845–1927 m. Thomas (William) Hewitt 1870–1931
    1. 1. Cecil (William) Hewitt 1896–1985 m. Grace (Margaret) Coleman 1899–1979
      1. 1. Ronald (William) Hewitt 1923–2008 m. Marjorie (Helen Dawn) Provan 1925–2022
    2. 2. James (Rawlings) Hewitt 1878–1957
    3. 3. Elsie (Lilian) HEWITT 1880–1888
    4. 4. Mira (Frances Middlemiss) (Hewiit) 1883–1939
    5. 5. Charles (Josiah) Hewitt 1892–1945
    6. 6. Ada (G) Hewitt 1888–1889
    7. 7. Maud (Harriet Winterbottom) (Hewitt) 1886–1943
    8. 8. Lily (Sarah Mood) (Hewitt) 1885–1970
    9. 9. Essie (May George) (Hewitt) 1889–1966
  8. 8. Harriet Rawlings 1863–1892

Sarah Saunders's Timeline

4 Records

1822
1822
Birth of Sarah Ann Saunders in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
1824
4 Apr 1824
Age 2
Sarah Ann Saunders was baptized in Comberton, Cambridgeshire, England
Comberton, Cambridgeshire, England
1851
1851
Age 29
Sarah Ann Saunders resided here in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
1900
21 Mar 1900
Age 78
Death of Sarah Ann Saunders in 11 May Street, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
11 May Street, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1822
    Event Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1824
    Event Place: Comberton, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1753; Folio: 352; Page: 28; GSU roll: 87678-87680

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1900
    Event Place: 11 May Street, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions
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